Mechanical movement.



UNITE STATES PATENT anion.

ALBERT KRESEN, FRANK LEASMAN,

AND ANDY LEASMAN, OF BUFFALO LAKE, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TOJOHN C. RIEBE OF SAME PLACE.

M ECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 645,364, dated March13, 1900.

Application filed April 20, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALBERT KRESEN, FRANK LEASMAN, and ANDY LEASMAN,citizens of the United States, residing at Bufl alo Lake, in the countyof Renville and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and usefulMechanical Movement, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanical movements, and is especiallydesigned for use on windmills, although it will be apparent as thedescription proceeds that the said movement may be used in other andvarious places.

The object of the invention is to provide mechanism whereby thereciprocating movement of the pump-rod maybe converted into rotarymovement, so as to enable the power derived from the mill to be utilizedfor driving machinery, especially that of a light and easy-runningnature.

The invention consists in a mechanical movement embodying certain novelfeatures and details of construction and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the drawing, andincorporated in the claim.

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective view of a portion ofthe standard, post, or tower of a windmill, showing also a portion of apump-rod and the mechanical movement operatively connected thereto.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, 1 designates the standard, post,or tower of an ordinary windmill, and 2 the pum p-rod, which is arrangedto slide and reciprocate through suitable guides or bearings 3.

4.- designates a series of lateral projections forming steps, by meansof which an attendant is enabled to mount the standard.

Journaled in suitable bearings 5 on the standard 1 is ahorizontally-disposed rockshaft 6, having at its opposite ends arms 7and 8. The arm 7 is connected with the reciprocating pump-rod 2 by meansof a link 9, so that as the pump-rod moves up and down the arm 7 will bevibrated, thereby rocking the shaft 6. The other arm 8 of the rock-shafthas rigidly secured thereto an oscillating bar 10.. A cord or belt 11,having its opposite extremities secured to the ends of the oscil- SerialNo. 633035- (No model.)

lating bar, passes around the sleeves or hubs of ratchet-wheels 12,mounted at opposite sides of a pulley 13, the said ratchet-wheels beingadapted to impart a continuous rotary movement to the pulley. The pulley13 is mounted in a frame 14, provided with guidepulleys 15, around Whichthe cord 11 passes. The pulley 13 is provided with oppositelydisposedratchet-faces 16, which are engaged by the corresponding faces of theratchetwheels 12. The ratchet-wheels 12 and their hub portions orsleeves 17, together withthe pulley 13, are all preferably journaledloosely on a shaft 18, mounted between and connected with bracket-arms19, extending in substantially-parallel relation to each other upon thesame side of the body portion of the frame 14, said bracket-arms formingparts of the frame.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that as the bar 10 isoscillated by the means described the opposite end portions of the cordor belt are caused to move in opposite, directions and the cordtherefore operates upon the ratchet-wheels 12 to cause saidratchet-wheels to rotate simultaneously in opposite directions. Theintermeshing teeth comprised by the ratchet-faces of the wheels 12 andpulley 13 are so disposed that they will engage positively with eachother when the ratchet-wheels 12 move in one direction and slip by eachother or disengage when said ratchet-Wheels are turned in the oppositedirection. Thus one or the other of the ratchet-wheels isturning at alltimes in a direction to impart a rotary movement to the pulley 13', andsaid pulley is consequently driven continuously in the same direction.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What we claim is In a windmill, the combination of'a reciprocatingpump-rod, a rock-shaft provided 2 645,36&

with a pairof arms one of the arms being connected with the pump-rod, anoscillating bar carried by the other arm, a frame, a pulley 32 mountedtherein, ratchet-Wheels located at 5 opposite sides of thepulley,adapted to en gage the same and provided with sleeves,guidepulleys arranged within the frame, and a cord passing around theguide-pulleys, engag- In testimony that We claim the foregoing as ourown we have hereto affi-Xed our signatures in the presence of twoWitnesses.

ALBERT KR-ESEN.

FRANK LEASMAN. ANDY LEASMAN.

Witnesses:

l e ing the said sleeves and connected with the F. G. NELLERMOE, 1ooscillating bar, substantially as described. 1

C. F. HALLGREN.

